In the 24th year of the BFA the rule book has seen many changes and has become a little disjointed and difficult to follow. The membership have highlighted on many occcasions that several rules are open to interpretation.

In an effort to rectify this, on the 1st of November 2017, the Committee appointed a rules working group from volunteers within the membership. The members that came forward provided a wide variety of skills and professional experience.

The following is an announcement by the BFA Committee regarding recently concluded disciplinary proceedings.
Please note - there is still another case in progress and as stated previously we are unable to discuss or comment on this until it is fully concluded.

We are now in a position to update the membership regarding the outcome of a DSC, appointed following the investigation of two official complaints.

The DSC was composed of 3 vastly experienced independent BFA members.

Correspondingly, some info and key dates for the diary regarding the BFA OUTDOOR CHAMPS 2018:

• Where - Catton Hall, Derbyshire

• When - Fri 17th, Sat 18th & Sun 19th Aug 2018

As we look to the year ahead, some info and key dates for the diary regarding the BFA INDOOR CHAMPS 2018:

• Where - Newark Showground - George Stephenson Hall

• When - Sat 11th & Sun 12th Aug 2018

****Committee Announcement****

We are pleased to officially announce that Kerena Marchant has been appointed as the BFA Accessibility Officer.

Kerena offers a wealth of experience and will be the contact point for any accessibility issues. 
She can be contacted on kerena.marchant@btopenworld.com

It has been announced tonight that Iball for flyball will soon be unavailable to use for BFA tournament entries.
We would advise that this is no longer used for competition entries. Teams needing to declare times or enter this week we would suggest you contact the Tournament Organiser by email directly

A BFA entry system has been in the pipeline for sometime and this will be available through the BFA website in the near future.

The BFA Committee are pleased to announce the appointment of our new Veterinary Advisor, Victoria Fraser.  Victoria will be working alongside the committee providing advice and expertise when required.  Can we please take this opportunity to remind members that the Veterinary Advisor is a resource for BFA committee use only and Victoria will not answer personal queries?  Therefore, if you have a concern or question that your own veterinary surgeon cannot help with, please email the BFA secretary, Tony James on tonyjbfa@gmail.com.

Your BFA committee would like to wish all BFA members a Happy Christmas and a wonderful new year full of tight racing, winning runs and lots of fun.

During the holiday period all BFA officials will, like yourselves, be enjoying some down time with their family and friends so please be aware that there may be delays in answering emails and approving Facebook posts.

See you all in the lanes in 2018

COMPETITION TIME

Planning ahead to next year's Championships, we are looking for all budding designers and artists within the BFA to design a logo to represent the 2018 Championships. Not only will the winning logo be on all the merchandising for the events the winning designer will get a champs hoodie or a fleece in a colour of their own choice.